The owners of the All Star Coney Island in Howell are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who broke into their business Saturday.

Cindy Fillmore, co-owner of the restaurant at 934 S. Michigan Ave., suspects it may have been someone familiar with the restaurant’s habits.

“(The person) clearly knew where the register was (and) knew where the camera was because (the person) never looked up,” she said Sunday. “(The person) knew our alarm has 30 seconds before it goes off. They were in and out in 60 seconds. They were fast.”

The restaurant’s alarm company called police as well as Fillmore and her husband, who co-own the restaurant, at 3:42 a.m. Saturday to report the break-in, which was caught on surveillance video.

A person in a hoodie is seen climbing through the drive-thru window, moving straight toward the cash register and eventually yanks it out before fleeing out the drive-thru window.

Fillmore said the intruder broke both windows and caused a lot of damage.

“It must have been someone who was here to dine and knew the way our system operated,” Fillmore speculated. “It’s dark in here. … (The person) knew exactly the location of the register.”

Fillmore said she had her husband have been in Howell for 13 years and they chose the location because “we feel Howell is a safe place.” While someone stole umbrellas from the restaurant’s outside dining area in a prior incident, Saturday's intrusion is the first time the restaurant has been broken into, she said.

Fillmore said she also heard other restaurants in Livingston County have been targeted.

Details on those possible incidents was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the break-in at the All Star Coney Island is asked to call Howell Police Department at 517-546-1330.